Doug*s Canada Goose egg - july 29 2009 He found it in a creek on the eagle beach, after a crow flew away from it.It is almost as big as his hand!Some people thought one like this may have been in the nest, & Hope was playing with it.

Mum & Hope July 17 2009 10:12:20 AMHope was in the nest by herself when Mum came flying in from our right.Hope started to mantle, & then realized Mum had no food.Mum flew over Hope*s head & landed on the stump.Hope then started jumping & flapping & screeping all over the nest, trying to get Mum*s attention.Turned out there was something in the nest that Hope wanted to eat & she wanted Mum to feed her!

Okay.So, since i haven*t any fresh fotos to share with you, i*ve been working on this fantasy i have of getting back to all the fotos & videos i have from Hope*s fledge day!It took me two whole evenings to go thru all of them & make notes of the best ones.i took a lotta fotos that day. So last night i dug up some pertinent seek points to go with the fotos.Cast your minds back to july 21.It was a hot summer day & the sun came up waaaaaaaaaay earlier than it does now.i was up with the alarm at 4:30 so that i could have coffee & watch the nest a bit before heading out to work.While we all watched, Hope flew up to the wide angle camera & out of sight!But we could still hear her.Now, go back to that day with a seekpoint made by our snookums.Turn down your speakers or put cotton in your ears!& prepare to laugh out loud!p.s. AJL i think i hear your mystery bird in this clip when Hope is lying down in the nest!

Smiles and a tear or two here. What a wonderful post Christmas gift to us all you have given us Booni!! And I had forgotten the pig snorts!!! What a wonderful reminder of a very special day....Thank you.

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